Tom Davis was first elected to office in 1979, winning a hard-fought campaign to represent Mason District on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. This would be the first of 14 straight victories, a winning streak spanning three decades. In 1993, after spending 12 years as the Mason District supervisor, Tom defeated the incumbent chairman of the county board, taking the top elected office in Fairfax County, Virginia. Despite a severe economic downturn and a county budget deep in the red, Tom was able to implement a number of reforms that resulted in Fairfax being named the best managed county in the country by Governing Magazine. In 1994, Tom successfully took on another incumbent, this time winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. View full biography.
William J. Lynn III has had an extensive career in national security. He has served two Presidents, five Secretaries of Defense and was an aide to Senator Edward Kennedy. He has also worked as a senior defense industry executive. Most recently, Mr. Lynn served as the 30th Deputy Secretary of Defense from February 2009 until October 2011. As the Department’s Chief Operating Officer under Secretaries Robert Gates and Leon Panetta, he managed three million personnel and oversaw an annual budget of $700 billion. He also personally led the Department’s efforts in cyber security, space strategy and energy policy. For his leadership as the architect of the Pentagon’s cyber strategy, Mr. Lynn received the 2011 Eagle Award from… View full biography.
Darren B. Ash is the Deputy Executive Director for Corporate Management who provides policy direction, leadership and oversight for information technology (IT), information management, information systems security, space planning and facilities management, rulemaking, acquisition management, centralized administrative service activities, and human capital planning and human resources planning, policy, and program development at the NRC. He also serves as the Agency’s Chief Information Officer, Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer, and Senior Accountable Official for Data Quality. Prior to joining the NRC in 2007, Mr. Ash worked as Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Associate Chief Information Officer for IT Investment Management. View full biography.
Marty Bollinger is a Senior Partner with Booz & Company, a $1.3 billion global management consultancy with 3,300 employees. He serves senior executives of global aerospace and defense companies on issues of business, technology and operations strategy. He also serves on the Booz & Company’s global Board of Directors. He has worked from Booz offices in New York, London, Sydney and DC. During Marty’s 26-year career with Booz & Company (and its predecessor, Booz Allen Hamilton) he also supported US government clients including the FAA, NASA, Department of Defense and the intelligence community. He served on the executive team for Booz Allen Hamilton’s US government business and the Booz Allen Hamilton global Board of Directors. View full biography.
Byron Callan joined Capital Alpha Partners, a Washington, DC-based policy research firm in December 2010 as a Director to cover the defense sector. He also is responsible for related NASA and other aerospace issues. Capital Alpha’s primary goal is to provide superior research to institutional investors. Prior to joining Capital Alpha, Byron was a Portfolio Manager at Lion’s Path Capital where he focuses on industrials, aerospace and defense equities. He joined Lion’s Path in 2010. Previously he was an analyst and co-founder of Perella Weinberg Partners’ Aerospace Defense Security investment fund from 2007-2010. Byron was a Senior Vice President at Prudential Equity Group, LLC from September 2005-2007. View full biography.
Pierre Chao is a Managing Partner and co-founder of Renaissance Strategic Advisors, a strategy and financial advisory firm. Pierre brings over 20 years of management consulting, investment banking and policy expertise in the aerospace/defense industry. He is also a Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington D.C.-based, non-partisan defense and foreign policy think tank. He was a Senior Fellow and Director of Defense-Industrial Initiatives at CSIS from 2003-2007. At CSIS he directed a team of five focused on policy issues related to the defense-industrial base, including defense industrial policy, acquisition reform, trans-Atlantic relations, export controls, and technology/innovation policy. View full biography.
Ms. Casey Coleman is the Chief Information Officer for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). As CIO she is responsible for managing the agency’s $600 million IT budget and ensuring alignment with agency and administration strategic objectives, information security, and enterprise architecture. During her tenure, Ms. Coleman implemented an agency-wide infrastructure consolidation and standardization program that resulted in significant cost-savings and improvements to security and performance. Ms. Coleman is active in the Federal IT community and currently serves as the 2009-2010 President of AFFIRM (Association for Federal Information Resources Management). Ms. Coleman encourages the use of social media to improve… View full biography.
Frank Finelli joined The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm, in December 1998, where he is a Managing Director focusing on leveraged investments in the defense and aerospace sector, as well as dual-use products and technologies. He has led deal teams on numerous acquisitions and financial restructurings, including one of the first U.S. purchases of a continental European defense company. Previously, Mr. Finelli served as the legislative assistant responsible for defense, intelligence, and foreign affairs for Senator Dan Coats (R-IN), Chairman of the Airland Subcommittee, Senate Armed Services Committee, and member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Mr. Finelli reviewed defense procurement and research and development programs. View full biography.
Dr. Emma Garrison-Alexander became Assistant Administrator for Information Technology in May 2009. As the Assistant Administrator and Chief Information Officer, Dr. Garrison-Alexander leads TSA’s IT office with an annual budget responsibility of nearly $400 million. She is responsible for developing and managing central policies for all of TSA’s IT requirements as well as developing and implementing IT initiatives across TSA. Prior to TSA, Dr. Garrison-Alexander served more than 20 years with the National Security Agency, starting as an Electronic Engineer and holding leadership positions in Technology and Systems, Signals Intelligence, and Information Assurance. Immediately before joining TSA, she was the Deputy Counterterrorism for Signals Intelligence Development Services. View full biography.
Brett B. Lambert joined the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in 2009 as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) (OUSD (AT&L)). Mr. Lambert serves as the principal advisor to the USD (AT&L) on all matters relating to the defense industrial base, including industrial capabilities and assessments; defense industry mergers, acquisitions and consolidation; preservation of essential industries and technologies; and other related matters. Prior to joining the DoD, Mr. Lambert was a Managing Director for the Civitas Group. In this role he provided strategic advisory services for companies operating in the intelligence, homeland defense, and… View full biography.
Mr. Loomis is a Managing Director at Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (SF-NYSE), a full-service regional brokerage and investment banking firm, established in 1890. He provides research coverage on the government information technology and professional services industry, including Booz Allen, CACI, Dynamics Research, ICF, Mantech, NCI, SAIC, and VSE. Mr. Loomis joined Stifel following its acquisition of Legg Mason’s capital markets group in 2005. Prior to joining Legg Mason in 1997, he followed the IT Services industry for Ferris, Baker Watts, Inc., for seven years. Mr. Loomis has received various awards and recognitions for his research and stock picking performance. View full biography.
Bobbi Terkowitz joined IBM Corporation in 2001 as a Client Manager. She is currently the Federal Cloud Lead, engaged in business development for IBM’s cloud-driven Smarter Planet initiatives. Prior to joining IBM, Ms. Terkowitz worked for Memorex Corporation, Amdahl Corporation, and ViON Corporation in a variety of roles including systems engineering manager, product manager, sales representative, and director of marketing. She also worked for two years for OBLOG, a Portuguese software company, as president of their US subsidiary. In 2008, Ms. Terkowitz was one of the first participants in IBM’s Corporate Service Corps, often described as a corporate mini-Peace Corps, and worked for the African Wildlife Foundation in Tanzania… View full biography.
Daniel A. Varroney brings over a decade of executive experience in trade association leadership and management to his role as Acting President & CEO of TechAmerica. Prior to his appointment, Dan built a strong reputation for growing revenue, membership, and improving retention and member participation in several organizations. For over twenty years, Dan worked for the National Association of Manufacturers where he generated national grassroots support for the legislative and regulatory agenda, winning multiple legislative initiatives. Dan’s other accomplishments included driving net revenue growth up by over 20 percent and retaining over 90 percent of members. After leaving the National Association of Manufacturers, Varroney served… View full biography.
